A World Trade Organization arbitrator set a “reasonable period of time” and gave the United States until April 2006 to adapt its legislation in line with the WTO ruling in the dispute “United States Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services.”
In the ruling issued on April 7, the WTO stated that the United States had not been able to show that US laws on horse-racing bets were applied equitably to foreign and domestic online betting companies.
“The United States has already announced its intention to comply with the WTO findings,” said Neena Morjani, a spokeswoman for the US Trade Representative.
“In order to implement the findings, all we need to do is clarify one narrow issue concerning Internet gambling on horse racing.”
“This does not involve weakening US restrictions on Internet gambling,” she added.
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